Test-optionalNo early plan

Kansas State University

KS · Public · Midwest · National university · 15,919 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate87.5%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†87.5%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2595.7%94.7%95.6%95.1%79.7%82.0%87.5%

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (Dec. 1 admission and scholarship priority date) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Test-optionalSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Test-optional for fall 2027 entry. K-State superscores within the ACT and within the SAT, not across the two tests.

How to send scores

Not stated on the school’s site

Test-optional; the saved pages do not describe a submission method.

checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡87%SAT 7% + ACT 80%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT7%
253 students
Submitted ACT80%
3,016 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1040–1260 median 1140
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
520–660 median 600
500800
SAT Math
500–650 median 570
500800
ACT composite
20–27 median 24
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2592.0%89.0%88.0%85.0%90.0%87.0%87.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%6.0%6.0%7.0%92.0%89.0%88.0%84.0%84.0%81.0%80.0%

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24'25no datano datano data1130–1300130011301050–1240124010501060–1255125510601040–126012601040

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
3632282420'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522–28282220–27272020–26262020–27272020–27272020–27272020–272720

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Not reported

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Test-optional2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDS

Sources